Books you will remember on your deathbed
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Came here to say this. Powerful. |
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| Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion. |
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| Farewell to arms, specifically the ending. |
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The House of Sand and Fog
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Deerskin by Robin McKinley. That book hit me at just the right time. My H one year bought me a first edition for Christmas. I used to read it every year but haven't in a while...thank you for reminding me.
I will say this book is not for everyone. It touches on death, rape, incest, miscarriage, loneliness...and while it doesn't have a traditional happy ending, it does have a hopeful ending which I think is a better fit for the story. |
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All the Discworld books. And I want a stack of them next to however my family stores my ashes. At least: Mort, the Hogfather, the Wee Free Men, Eric, and The Shepard’s Crown.
Also probably on my mind: the Hyperion cantos, the early Stephanie Plum books, and the Doomsday Book. Probably also the Light in the Attic. |
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| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - it seemed to mark a time in my young life of transition and so I would think that it would be fitting to think of it during another transition. |
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| Anne Franks Diary of a Young Girl. It was the first book that really touched me. I read it at the end of elementary school. |
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| man’s search for meaning. |
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| Shadow Divers |
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| The Count of Monte Cristo because hopefully I will have lived and showed my doubters what I'm really made of. And if not, it's a great book to think about the next steps. |
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| The Book Thief |
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| Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro |
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| The nightingale. |
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Underground Railroad
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